Tom Williams (born 2 April 1991) is a Welsh

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coach and former player. A full-back or wing, he played for

Jersey Reds Jersey Reds was a rugby union club based in Jersey, Channel Islands. On 28th September 2023, the club ceased trading and shortly thereafter went into liquidation following the withdrawal of financial support from a key investor. Until seaso ...

in the English RFU Championship having previously played for

Scarlets The Scarlets () are one of the four professional Welsh rugby union teams and are based in Llanelli, Wales. Their home ground is the Parc y Scarlets stadium. They play in the United Rugby Championship and in European Professional Club Rugby c ...

and

Cardiff Blues Cardiff Rugby () are one of the four professional Welsh rugby union teams. Based in Cardiff, the team play at Cardiff Arms Park. Originally formed in 1876, from 2003 to 2021 the first team was known as the Cardiff Blues before rebranding back ...

Playing career

His older brother Lloyd Williams is a Wales international rugby union player and his father is former Wales international scrum-half Brynmor Williams. Williams began his career with Cardiff RFC, making his debut against

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in 2010. Two years later, he made his

debut against Newport Gwent Dragons. After 3 years with the region, he moved on loan to

. On 3 May 2016, it was announced that Williams had signed a two-year contract with the Scarlets He was selected in the Wales Sevens squad for 2012-13 He played for

from 2019 to 2021.

Coaching career

Williams was assistant backs coach at

from 2021 to 2023, helping them win the

2022–23 RFU Championship The 2022–23 RFU Championship is the fourteenth season of the RFU Championship, the professional second tier of rugby union in England. It features eleven English teams and one from Jersey. Jersey Reds won the league with one match remaining. ...

. Williams joined

Newcastle Falcons Newcastle Falcons is a rugby union team that play in Premiership Rugby, England's highest division of rugby union. The club was established in 1877 as the Gosforth Football Club. Around 1882 the club merged with the Northumberland Football Cl ...

as transition coach in September 2023. He became attack coach at Falcons in a re-organisation in November 2023. He left Newcastle Falcons on 16 December 2024. https://www.newcastlefalcons.co.uk/tom-williams-leaves-newcastle-falcons/

References

External links

Cardiff RFC profile
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